The Gorgon's Head: The Story of PerseusThe adventures of Perseus, one of the bravest and most daring of all Greek heroes, whose adventures led him to the farthest corners of the world to encounters with giants and nymphs and goddesses, and to the terrible snake-haired Gorgon. |
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THE WOODEN CHEST | 1 |
DICTYS THE FISHERMAN | 7 |
THE PROMISE II | 11 |
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